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24 alternatives to 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Links to Orwell's 1984, but more complex, mind-f***

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   1Q84▲65

   The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Organized Mind▲70

   Thinking straight in the age of information overload

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Animal Farm and 1984▲71

   George Orwell's Classic Tales

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Organized Mind▲65

   Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Accidental Superpower▲67

   A contrarian assessment of American power

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Incognito▲70

   The secret lives of the brain

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Mind Club▲67

   Who thinks, what feels and why it matters

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell▲64

    Reinterpreting something overlooked from the past

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Freakonomics▲97

    A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Brain Fog Fix▲73

    Reclaim your focus

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

    Politics and Economics of the Future

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68

    A digest of four books about brains

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Subliminal▲64

    How your unconscious mind rules your behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Distracted Mind▲72

    Ancient brains in a high-tech world

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Black Swan▲80

    The impact of the highly improbable

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Flow▲87

    The psychology of optimal experience

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us▲63

    Our minds don’t work the way we think they do.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Invisible Bridge▲66

    The fall of Nixon and the rise of Reagan

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Unthink▲62

    Why you don't think the way you think you think

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Deep Simplicity▲62

    Chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Superintelligence▲69

    Paths, Dangers, Strategies of Superintelligence

    2015 · its alternatives →

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